What first world problem did you have today?

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Greenman

Lifer

Oct 15, 1999

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• Apr 22, 2025

• #28,676

Needed an 8" wide oak board out of my lumber stack, it was of course on the very bottom of the pile. The stuff is heavy and has to be carefully stacked so it doesn't warp or twist. I also discovered that I have 14" wide boards 108" long, all clear heart white oak.

 

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lxskllr

No Lifer

Nov 30, 2004

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• Apr 22, 2025

• #28,677

lxskllr said:

Well, got another 2 cases of mres coming. Next target is $80. If it gets ≤ to that, I guess I'll have to buy some more. If I wait long enough, maybe they'll pay me to take them :^D

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They're down to $80. I'd like to return my two $170 cases, and exchange them for four of these. They can keep the $10 cause I'm a nice guy like that :^D

So tempted to buy more, but I only need so many MREs. I probably already have too many, but <$4/meal is hard to beat.

 

Lost_in_the_HTTP

Lifer

Nov 17, 2019

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• Apr 22, 2025

• #28,678

There are window AC units made for casement windows.

 

lxskllr

No Lifer

Nov 30, 2004

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• Apr 22, 2025

• #28,679

Shortened grass today, and the mower was running like shit. Took the air filter off, and it ran great. I thought, "Ok. Lets try spraying it with parts cleaner to get some of the oil out of the filter". That improved from running like shit to not running at all :^D I stuck my knife through the filter between the pleats in 3 spots, and that got it running well enough to get the grass shortened. I'll have to get a new filter for next week though. I don't want to keep running like that.

Strange that it ran shitty this year. It ran fine when I put it away last season, and it wasn't touched. Should've ran fine today, but it didn't.

 

Charmonium

Lifer

May 15, 2015

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• Apr 22, 2025

• #28,680

lxskllr said:

They're down to $80. I'd like to return my two $170 cases, and exchange them for four of these. They can keep the $10 cause I'm a nice guy like that :^D

So tempted to buy more, but I only need so many MREs. I probably already have too many, but <$4/meal is hard to beat.

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I haven't tasted an mre in at least 20 years. I definitely did NOT like them.

I don't really eat much these days but it's always, always, frozen or deli. A lot of that stuff is pretty good, even some of the vegan stuff (shhhh). So . . . . not exactly 'private chef' territory, but fuck, mres? That's a lotta hard nope.

 

lxskllr

No Lifer

Nov 30, 2004

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• Apr 22, 2025

• #28,681

They're better than they were 20 years ago. 20 years some were good, some were inedible. Now they're all edible-good. Nothing terrible in the cases.

 

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Charmonium

Lifer

May 15, 2015

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• Apr 22, 2025

• #28,682

lxskllr said:

They're better than they were 20 years ago. 20 years some were good, some were inedible. Now they're all edible-good. Nothing terrible in the cases.

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Hmm, you have my attention. This shall be ruminated upon later.

 

lxskllr

No Lifer

Nov 30, 2004

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• Apr 22, 2025

• #28,683

Charmonium said:

Hmm, you have my attention. This shall be ruminated upon later.

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Keep in mind, it's field food. They still aren't gourmet treasures, but they're decent. I'd rather eat a MRE than go to burger king. War fighter tested, war fighter recommended, war fighter approved :^D

 

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jmagg

Platinum Member

Nov 21, 2001

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• Apr 23, 2025

• #28,684

Greenman said:

I also discovered that I have 14" wide boards 108" long, all clear heart white oak.

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Biscuits.

 

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Greenman

Lifer

Oct 15, 1999

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• Apr 23, 2025

• #28,685

jmagg said:

Biscuits.

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?

 

Lost_in_the_HTTP

Lifer

Nov 17, 2019

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• Apr 23, 2025

• #28,686

Greenman said:

?

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Greenman

Lifer

Oct 15, 1999

21,706

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• Apr 23, 2025

• #28,687

I didn't pick up on that, thanks.
I used to have a biscuit machine, good for miters on wide trim and such, but I prefer dowels for joinery.

 

blankslate

Diamond Member

Jun 16, 2008

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• Apr 23, 2025

• #28,688

Dumb AF person doing a cover of a Kid Rock song at this local coffee shop that is just a cheap musical rip off of
Werewolves of London

restraining intrusive thoughts.


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*edited to fix the title of the song. still fuming over cover singers with no taste deserving of kicks to the 'nads

 

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Chaotic42

Lifer

Jun 15, 2001

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• Apr 23, 2025

• #28,689

blankslate said:

Dumb AF person doing a cover of a Kid Rock song at this local coffee shop that is just a cheap musical rip off of
Roland the Headless Thompson gunner

restraining intrusive thoughts.


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Wow. I know he ripped off Werewolves of London, but Roland too? At least it's an interesting pick.

 

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jmagg

Platinum Member

Nov 21, 2001

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• Thursday at 7:50 AM

• #28,690

Greenman said:

I didn't pick up on that, thanks.
I used to have a biscuit machine, good for miters on wide trim and such, but I prefer dowels for joinery.

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I've had great success (longevity) with biscuits on table tops, but agree, dowels are king.

 

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Chaotic42

Lifer

Jun 15, 2001

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• Monday at 4:57 PM

• #28,691

I can't win with package delivery

Estimated delivery
Information not available.

All merchandise is missing and the empty carton was discarded. UPS will notify the sender.

UPS will notify the shipper about the damage.

 

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sdifox

No Lifer

Sep 30, 2005

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• Monday at 5:27 PM

• #28,692

Gismo J stole your blow up doll?

 

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Chaotic42

Lifer

Jun 15, 2001

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• Monday at 7:21 PM

• #28,693

sdifox said:

Gismo J stole your blow up doll?

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Hey, that was a secret! He said something about needing practice nailing things for his new career.

 

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lxskllr

No Lifer

Nov 30, 2004

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• Yesterday at 7:31 PM

• #28,694

Just getting out of the hospital. Did this Sun. I'll spare y'all the fun pic :^D

 

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Red Squirrel

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May 24, 2003

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www.betteroff.ca

• Yesterday at 7:41 PM

• #28,695

Owe, what happen there?

 

sdifox

No Lifer

Sep 30, 2005

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• Yesterday at 7:42 PM

• #28,696

Dude tried to vote in Canadian election.

 

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igor_kavinski

Lifer

Jul 27, 2020

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• Yesterday at 7:46 PM

• #28,697

Probably hammer. Or fell too fast and landed on the finger.

Sorry that you had to go through that. Major bummer.

 

lxskllr

No Lifer

Nov 30, 2004

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• Yesterday at 8:54 PM

• #28,698

I was cutting a tree, and a log came down and hit my hand. I'm not exactly sure what happened, but I have an idea. Hurt like a bastard when it happened, and i thought "Hmm... Shit doesn't feel right", removed my glove, and saw the disaster. Wasn't entirely sure I'd make it to the hospital. Started going into shock, but I kept it under control to get there. Aside from my stupid mistake, I'm fairly happy with my performance. Got the saws packed away, cleared the road, dropped the chipper, and got myself to the doctor. I can post the fun pic if anyone wants to see it. I only took one,

 

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IronWing

No Lifer

Jul 20, 2001

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• Yesterday at 9:02 PM

• #28,699

That doesn’t look pleasant. I hope for a swift recovery.

 

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Chaotic42

Lifer

Jun 15, 2001

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• Yesterday at 11:42 PM

• #28,700

Red Squirrel said:

Owe, what happen there?

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The lxs-es finally struck back.

 

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